@mapetry.bsky.social
I am an artist, author, curator and Director of Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) London www.michaelpetry.com www.moca.london
I can’t believe I have had to make another memorial Civil War painting so soon. This one is to honour the brave Alex Pretti.
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Civil War Painting #13 RG
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Tim Willcocks is in the selfie chapter of my Mirror Mirror book with a series of photos in this series. He asked if I would agree to a portrait and I jumped at the chance!
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Just received a copy of #aaronrosen ‘s new book #spiritualtraces published by #cascasebooksellers It has a lovely piece on my recent work. Part two
03.11.2025 10:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Just received a copy of #aaronrosen ‘s new book #spiritualtraces published by #cascasebooksellers It has a lovely piece on my recent work
03.11.2025 10:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Libation to Hypnos, at Vestey Street in the Charlie Smith group show ends this week. See it and 3 other of my new bronzes
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Hypnos is included in a group show at Vestey Street London
Images of the other works to come
My new bronze Libation to Hypnos (the god of sleep) the top arc only balances on the other
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A much darker Civil War painting (no8) for darker times
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Installed in Kendal at Cross Lane Projects
23.07.2025 10:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0CONFLUENCES
Opening: Friday 18 July, 6-9pm
Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, LA9 5LB
CONFLUENCES
MARK WOODS, JIM WHITING, STELLA WHALLEY, GAVIN TURK, REBECCA SCOTT, LAWSON OYEKAN, MICHAEL PETRY, JULIA MADDISON, LEE HOLDEN, CATHY DE MONCHAUX, HELEN CHADWICK, CEDRIC CHRISTIE, LOUISE BOURGEOIS, JIM BOND, SOOZ BELNAVIS, ATTY BAX, VANYA BALOGH
The Death of Adonis (photo by Matthew Booth), my patinated bronze (with rose oil) is one of several works I will be showing at:
Cross Lane Projects
Info in next post
britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/27/in...
I have written a short piece for the Yale Centre for British Art/Paul Mellon Centre on Queer curating. Is is about 2/3rds of the way down this very long e-page
Detail of panel 1
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This is a very large new Civil War painting (each panel is 75x100cm)
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This is the last weekend to see WORKOUT at The Bottle Factory, curated by OHSH Projects(www.ohshprojects.com)
05.06.2025 16:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I am moderating this talk next week and all are welcome
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I will be moderating a panel of 4 artists discussing the group show we are all in, next Wed May 21 at the Bottle Factory
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Opening tomorrow Workout, a group show about art and sport. This is my freshly made Libation to Eros, all welcome at The Bottle Factory 6-9
24.04.2025 13:56 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I am in this super interesting group show next week on Art/Sport
18.04.2025 09:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m in this interesting group show next week about art and sportp
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Author @mapetry.bsky.social recently spoke on the Curator's Salon podcast about the layered concept of selfies.
His recent book, 'Mirror Mirror,' is an intriguing exploration of the use of mirrors and reflective surfaces in contemporary art.
Listen now:
www.thecuratorssalon.com/blog/mirror-...
A nice surprise
This is the Turkish edition of my Nature Morte book co-published by Thames&Hudson and Akbank Sanat
A new darker “Civil War” painting
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